The grief that occurs after the loss of someone through suicide may feel different than grief after other types of loss. The feelings of loss, sadness, and loneliness that are common to anyone grieving are often more intense following loss through suicide.
1. acquired taste-a preference that is only acquired after considerable experience; martinis are an acquired taste. penchant, preference, taste, predilection-a strong liking; my own preference is for good literature; the Irish have a penchant for blarney.
It means the first taste, the first strong taste or impression is hops. So it's not that the flavor is strongly hoppy, it's that the first tastes (forward) see the hops. The same term is used to describe wine : fruit-forward is common in some of California reds where the first impression is of jam or jammy.